Hester van Eeghen Bags

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"A serious dose of Dutch style. One of the most acclaimed Dutch handbag designers, but relatively unsung abroad, this 30-year-old label turns out geometric, color-popping totes and briefcases that manage to be both droll and super-chic. Van Eeghen’s designs are among the best in the business, gracing MOMA as well as the local Tassenmuseum, devoted to bags. Van Eeghen started out making wallets, but now offers a brilliant array of bags—totes, cross-body purses, and ultra-streamlined evening models—as well as eye-catching shoes, gloves, and accessories. The main branch, listed, is for the bags, but there’s also a shoe store on the same street, and a mostly men’s outpost on Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, which is less than 15 minutes away by foot." - Clodagh Kinsella